Carlos Deangelo Bell is accused of sexually abusing 42 boys within the two faculties he labored at in Maryland.Charles County Sheriff’s Workplace

An HIV-positive former monitor coach has plead responsible to sexually abusing dozens of boys. Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, is accused of abusing 42 boys whereas employed at two Charles County faculties in Maryland.

The offences started in Could 2015, with the victims ranging in age from 11 to 17 years outdated, Covington mentioned.

The ex-school aide was arrested in July 2016 at his dwelling after a six-month investigation. In response to ABC 13, Bell was eliminated as an tutorial assistant at Benjamin Stoddert Center Faculty in Waldorf and as an indoor monitor coach at La Plata Excessive Faculty when the investigation started.

Investigators started the inquiry in December 2016 after receiving a tip about “probably inappropriate behaviour with a scholar whereas he was teaching monitor,” an announcement by the Charles County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.

Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry mentioned a scholar’s guardian observed suspicious textual content messages that have been sexual in nature on their kid’s cellphone.

Bell’s digital gadgets from work and from dwelling have been despatched to the Maryland State Police crime lab. Authorities discovered sexually express pictures involving the victims.

“A few of the proof…included graphic pictures of Bell sexually assaulting victims. A few of the crimes appeared to have been dedicated on faculty property, and others at his dwelling in Waldorf,” the sheriff mentioned.

The sheriff’s workplace mentioned Bell instructed investigators that he’s HIV constructive and investigators have been in a position to corroborate the prognosis. A few of the victims have been examined for HIV final 12 months, authorities mentioned. Nevertheless, police are unaware of any checks that got here again constructive.

Bell is ready to be sentenced on 28 March. In response to KTLA, prosecutors plan to advocate a sentence of as much as 190 years in jail.